The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Under Proposition  35, the state must spend $300  million each in 2025 and 2026 on behavioral health ‑related services. As part of the 2025 ‑26 budget, the administration developed an initial spending plan focused on data sharing and housing subsidies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

Governor’s May Revision Update: Health Insurance Affordability Proposals

May 15, 2019 - For example, for a household with income of 300  percent of the federal poverty level (FPL), the federal APTC limits the household ’s net premium cost to about 10  percent of income. Under the Governor ’s proposed state subsidy, the household ’s net premium costs would be further limited to just less than 9  percent of income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4047

The 2024-25 Budget: Future of Public Health Budget Solution

May 21, 2024 - May Revision Eliminates $300  million in Ongoing Future of Public Health Funding. The Governor proposes eliminating $300  million in ongoing Future of Public Health funding beginning in 2024 ‑25. The proposal also reverts $52.4  million in 2023 ‑24 from unspent funds, with $41.4  million being reverted from state operations and $11  million being reverted from local assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 14, 2018 - We estimate that the higher minimum wage will result in net savings in Medi-Cal of around $300  million by 2022-23. These net savings are primarily due to the rising minimum wage raising some enrollees ’ incomes so that they are no longer eligible for the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3898

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Increases Revenue by Around $300   Million. The Governor ’s budget proposes to change the rules about how taxable profits are determined for financial institutions. The administration estimates this change would increase revenues on an ongoing basis by around $300  million per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability

Feb 23, 2022 - Option 4 Similar to Option 3 but with less generous upgrades for households with incomes above 250 percent up to 300 percent of the FPL. $362 million to $452 million All deductibles would be eliminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4560

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 9, 2022 - We roughly estimate that for every additional quarter the PHE remains in effect past the second quarter of 2022, the state would save around $300  million General Fund in Medi ‑Cal (this does not include an estimated nearly $300  million in additional General Fund savings per quarter in the In ‑Home Supportive Services and Department of Developmental Services budgets).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4522

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions

May 6, 2021 - For Californians with incomes below 400  percent of the federal poverty level, the decrease was marginal —for example, for Californians with incomes equal to 300  percent of the federal poverty level, the state subsidy program reduces the percentage of income they would have to spend on premiums from about 9.8  percent to 8.9  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - The 2022-23 budget included $300  million General Fund ongoing for state and local health departments, though this amount was reduced to $276  million General Fund ongoing as part of a budget solution in the 2024-25 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - According to data from the California Department of Public Health, which licenses hospitals, there are over 400 general acute care hospitals in California. A smaller number of hospitals are licensed to provide a narrower set of specialize d services, such as psychiatric care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860